So Long (1951)

So long it's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. What a long time since I' been home and I got to be drifting along. I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again. Of the people I've met and the places I've been. Some of the troubles that bothered my mind and a lot of the people that I've left behind. Singing. So long. It's been good to know you. So long. It's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. What a long time since I've been home. and I got to be drifting along. The sweethearts sat in the dark and they sparked. They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark. They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed. But instead of marriage, they talked like this, honey. So long it's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. What a long time since I've been home. And I got to be drifting along. I went to your family and I asked them for you. They all said, "Take her. Oh, take her. Please do." She can't cook her sewing. She won't scrub your floor. So I put on my coat, tiptoe out the door, sing. It's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. What a long time since I've been home and I got to be dripping along. I went down the street to the grocery store. It was crowded with people, both rich and both poor. I asked the man how his butter was sold. He said, "One pound of butter for 2 lb of gold." I said, "So long it's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. So long. It's been good to know you. What a long time since I' been home and I got to be dripping along. Well, the telephone rang till it jumped off the wall. That was the preacher. He was making his call. He says, "We're waiting to tie the knot. You're getting married, believe it or not." Well, the church was jammed. The church, it was packed. The pews were crowded from the front to the back. A thousand friends waited to kiss my new bride. When I was so anxious, I rushed her outside. Told them, "So long it's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. So long it's been good to know you. What a long time since I' been home." And I got to be dripping along.